Syrian Navy

The Syrian Navy (Arabic: ) is the has been renovating the Tartus naval base and dredging
smallest of the Syrian Armed Forces. It is under the the port to allow access for its larger naval vessels.[5]
Syrian Army's Latakia regional command with the eet
based in the ports of Baniyas, Latakia, Minat al Bayda,
1.2 Syrian civil war
and Tartus.

During the Syrian Civil War, opposition activists claimed

that Syrian Navy warships supported a military attack by
government forces against rebels in the city of Latakia.[6]

History

In 1950, the Syrian Navy was established following the

procurement of a few naval vessels from France. The ini- 1.3
tial personnel consisted of army soldiers who had been
sent to French naval academies for training.[1]

Equipment

During the Yom Kippur War (1973 ArabIsraeli War)

the Israeli Navy sank ve Syrian naval ships without a
loss during the Battle of Latakia. As a result, the Syrian
Navy remained in port for the rest of the conict.[2]

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Tartus

Petya class frigate

Submarines

Osa II (Project 205U) craft

2 Romeo-class submarines (inactive).

See also: Russian naval base in Tartus

Frigates:
Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance
base, under a 1971 agreement with Syria. The base was
established during the Cold War to support the Soviet
Navys eet in the Mediterranean Sea. Since Russia forgave Syria three-fourths of its $13.4 billion Soviet-era
debt and became its main arms supplier, the two countries
have conducted talks about allowing Russia to develop
and enlarge its naval base, so that Russia can strengthen
its naval presence in the Mediterranean.[3] Amid Russias
deteriorating relations with the West, because of the 2008
Russo-Georgian War and plans to deploy a US missile
defense shield in Poland, President Assad agreed to the
ports conversion into a permanent Middle East base for
Russias nuclear-armed warships.[4] Since 2009, Russia

2 Petya III[7]

Al Assari 1-508
Al Hirasa 2-508
Missile boats:
8 Osa I
12 Osa II
10 Tir II (IPS 18) - believed to be local produced by Maritime Industries Group or
copies of North Korean patrol boats
Patrol craft
1

2
8 Zhuk-class patrol boats are 45' inshore
vessels
6 MIG-S-1800 class - monohull and catamaran produced by Maritime Industries Group
with longer variants (S-1900 and S-2600)
Amphibious warfare vessels:
3 Polnocny B
Mine warfare vessels :
1 Sonya-class minesweepers
5 Yevgenya-class minesweepers
1 Natya-class minesweepers
Naval aviation:
618th Maritime Warfare Squadron
11 Mil Mi-14PL Haze-A
5 Kamov Ka-25
5 Kamov Ka-28PL Helix-A

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Coast defence
PRC C-802[8]
USSR P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-1 Sepal)
USSR P-15 Termit (SS-N-3 Styx)
RUS K-300P Bastion-P / P-800 Yakhont
(2 systems delivered in 2011)[9]
USSR M1954 (M-46)

References

[1] Syrian Arab Navy. GlobalSecurity.org.

[2] The Battle of Latakia. Jewish Virtual Library.
[3] Weitz, Richard (2010). Global security watch--Russia : a
reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger Security International. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-313-35434-2.
[4] Big Russian otilla led by Admiral Kuznetsov carrier
heads for Syrian port. DEBKAle. 21 August 2008.
Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved
7 October 2012.
[5] INSS: Syria Report (PDF). Institute for National Security Studies. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
[6] Syrian 'warships shell port city of Latakia'". Al Jazeera.
14 August 2011.
[7] Petya Class - Project 159. GlobalSecurity.org.
[8] C-802 in Syria 7/7/2012 (video)
[9] Syria Receives More Russian SS-N-26 Yakhont AntiShip Cruise Missiles. May 18, 2013.

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